Former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif makes a sensational claim on MS Dhoni

Former India skipper MS Dhoni was one of the most successful wicketkeepers during his playing days. During his career, he won a lot of championships and was one of the lightning keepers behind stumps. Talking about his keeping numbers, he has 634 catches and 195 stumpings to his name across formats. However, the former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif isn't impressed with Dhoni's numbers.

Apparently, former wicketkeeper batter pointed out that the Ranchi player had a catch-dropping percentage of 21 percent. However, Latif acknowledged that MS is a big name. While talking on his YoutTube channel, Rashid Latif said,  “Dhoni was a batsman-wicketkeeper. Obviously, Dhoni is a very big name. But if I go into stats, his dropping percentage is 21 percent, which is huge, huge.”

Talking about all-time great wicketkeepers, the former India skipper has the third highest number of dismissals to his name with 829 scalps. Above him were South Africa's Mark Boucher and Australia's Adam Gilchrist. The South African has a whopping 998 dismissals to his name across formats while the Aussie has 905 dismissals to his name. Meanwhile, the former Pakistan gloveman has praised Boucher and Gilchrist.

He said that Adam's drop percentage was just 11 while Mark was very good. The Karachi player also pointed how Tim Paine started well but his wicketkeeping got worse with the time.

“You can’t use my record because this particular record came into being from 2002 or 2003. We had already played by then. Adam Gilchrist had a percentage of only 11, Mark Boucher was very good. Australia’s Tim Paine started well but towards the end dropped a lot of catches,” Latif said.

The 53-year-old further praised South Africa's Quinton de Kock by saying he is one of the best keepers in the 15 years.

“If you look at the best in last 15 years, then I would say Quinton de Kock is superb, has kept in all three formats and batted at the top of the order in white ball cricket,” he added.

De Kock is the all-time sixth-best keeper in terms of dismissal across all formats as of now.